unknown pleasures.

SAM: a whole ass electricity pylon fell in the middle of pluto street so theres no way we can go through

technically speaking, sam shouldn’t be spending as much money as he does on things he didn’t need. he still had to worry about food, the bills of his apartment and the maintenance of his bass — making indie films mostly by himself also wasn’t exactly cheap. but he had never really learnt impulse control and every single time his brother tried to chew his ears off about better managing his money, he’d tune out. “ hey, it’s gonna happen. ” he squeezed jaden’s shoulder. “ i’ve got a good feeling about this year for the band. and just a few minutes ago i was able to charm my way into dropping a fish brains demo at the record store and the cute lady behind the counter said she’d play it—free marketing, baby ! ”

when the storm continued to escalate, it was the wisest option to gather up the entire family over at his brother’s house in the gated community of moonbeam gardens. but there was no way theo would be able to predict having the whole becker clan over during a storm, meaning that the food started to ran out — the exact reason sam found himself on pluto street. it was supposed to be a quick trip to the market but as the people started to climb out of their cars, it was clear to him that he’d be there for a while. “ bloody fuckin’ hell, what was that ? ” he wondered, shutting the door of the truck as he stepped closer to fletcher. “ shit, shit, shit. ” he started, quick to reach for his phone on the back of his jeans. “ no service. brilliant. fuck, what do we do now ? ”

sam stepped out of the record store with a please smile on his lips, happy with his newest purchase to add to his vinyl collection — he isn’t sure he ever left the store without a plastic bag in his hands — as he joins his friend in the shop right next to it. the comment he was about to make died in his tongue when he saw jaden eyeing the action figure, slapping his shoulder with a small chuckle. “ watch it, jaden, you’re about to start drooling over here. ” sam’s gaze moved to the glass, nodding a few times. “ ah, what a beaut. can’t say i blame you for the full-on heart eyes there. you should definitely get it. ”

“ EDDIE ! ” echoed the sound of sam’s voice throughout his older brother’s kitchen, almost a cry of pure desperation as he searched for the bloody oven mitts or anything that he could use to prevent hurting his hands when he’d removed the cookies from the oven — the smell of burning already prominent around him. “ god-fucking-dammit. this is an emergency, hurry the hell up ! i’m burning the cookies—AGAIN ! ”